The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-04

She has already made the selection OF
com nittee 10 represent the senate but
withholds It's announcements until the ar
engagements shall have been determined
upon.
General Beal has this morning received
disp ttch from Mr.. Walker Blaine, IN
Chicago, announcing the rect ipt b. HIM OF
a teiegr an from his father in Augusta, ex-
pressing a wish that he, (tne SOM shall
represent the father at the funeral. The
| dispatch also conveys the writers personal
condolences. Ii Is supposed that Mr..
Blaine made the request upon the pre-
sumption that the remains would be con-
veyed to Chicago at once and that the OBJ
SECURES would take place there.
General A. Ordway, head OF the Wash
ington commandary. OF the Loyai Legion,
has appointed the following committee To
represent the commandary AT the funeral
General Green b. Raum. who served
under General Logan, Commodore hel-
logg, OF the navy, warm personal friend,
Major 9 T.. Pratt. member OF Logan'S
staff and Captain George +. Lemon.
At 6:30 this evening a guard OF honor
was sent by the secretary ~ war. consisting
of a sergeant AM four priv tes OF artillery
fully uniformed and equipped who reported
At the calumet place. 4 sentinel Was
placed at The front door and a@OIher AZ
| the door of the chamber In which lie the
remains SuaId OF marines To be sent
by the secretary % the navy Will report To-
morrow moTning.
MIS- Logan's residence was to-day con-
nectec by wire with the main ctice OF The
Western Union telegraph company and
a. facilities We're freely placed ~ the dis
posal OF the family.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
The life of the great statesman i too
| famaliar to every one Ia heed more than
the brieiest meuIion- John A. Logan was
born in Jackson county, Illinois, FEB. 20,
! 1876, and was consequently nearly 6l
] wears of age at the time OF his death-hls
parents being Irish There being but few
schools In the then western wlids, Logan re-
ceived his early education al home with
his father as his tutor. Though a mere
youth at the breaking out OF the Mexican
war, Logan volunteered and was made
frs: Lieutenant 4 the first Illinois Tegl-
m.nt raised. and was afterward promoted
To the position of aGjutant OF the regiment
At the close OF hosiilIties he returned
home and began the study IL law with his
uncle. Alex 81. Jenkins, and IN iS49 was
elected clerk of Jack-On county. At the
close of MS term OF office. he went TO
Louisville, Kentucky, to complete, his ie-
gal education in the university al that
place, and in 1852 he was admitted TO the
bar. Immediately on his return home he
was elected 20 the state legislature, and IN
1853 he was elected prosecuting attorney Of
the Third Judicial District, which position
he held until 1851. In the meantime
being reelected To the state legislature the
same wear, and again in 1856 and 1851, and
was chosen as an elecior the buchanan
and Breckenride tickets. In 1853 he was
elected to congress and again In 1850
In July, 1861, Logan resigned his seat
in congress 10 enter the federal army In
their ruarch against Richmond and &c was
present al the Bull Run disaster. The fol-
lowing September he was given command
of the Thirtv-fr,t Illinois regi and in
November met his second Waterloo at
Belmont where his horse was shot under
him in a charge. He next appeared at
Fort Donaldson where he was badly
wounded in a charge and compelled to re-
tire for several months. In March 1852
he Joined General Grant at Pittsburg
LANDING and was made a brigadier-general
Just In time TO witness the third great de-
feat of the union forces. Notwithstanding
these unfortunate experiences General
) Logan's indomitable spirit remained I'M
daunted and when an urgent appeal reach
ed him from home to again enter the race
for congress and quit the army, he replied /:
81 have entered the field to die If need be
! for the government and never expect to re-
turn to peaceful pursuits until the object
of this war of preservation has become q
fact established"
From this on his career was onward and
upward and for his ability and bravery in
the North Mississippi campaign he was
promoted TO Maior-General. At Vicksburg
June 18th he led the advance and at its
fall became the first military governor OF
Mississippi.